Martin/F. Weber Co. has over 150 years of artist material manufacturing excellence. With this experience, you are guaranteed that we have selected only the finest raw materials, and carefully formulated them, to manufacture wOil® Water Mixable Oil Colors.

The wOil range has been formulated using many single pigments for brilliance of color and clean color mixing. The most suitable oils and dispersion methods have been selected to bring out the individual color characteristics, from opacity to transparency.

There is no water in the wOil formulation. The linseed oil and safflower oil vehicles have been modified to allow the color to mix with water, creating a stable emulsion, while retaining the working characteristics of traditional oil color.

wOil Consistency/Viscosity - wOil has a very smooth buttery consistency which allows ease of use for the artist. The viscosity or thickness of the color is medium to heavy body which can be used directly from the tube or thinned with water or with wOil mediums as desired.

wOil Color and blending - wOil colors can be blended with traditional oil color and mediums. wOil Color is not classified as a water based color but can be blended with acrylic based color (add a few drops of water).

wOil Color Luster - The reflective quality of the wOil film varies from color to color because each pigment requires differing volumes of oil in formulation. The addition of water mixed to thin the color as well as the use of wOil mediums will also alter surface luster.

wOil Permanence - Most artists want to be sure that their colors are permanent. Pigment developments have led to continued improvements in the lightfastness of artists' colors. These improvements have been utilized in wOil. All wOil colors are rated Lightfastness I or II and are recommended as permanent for artists' use.

wOil Drying time - When wOil is thinned with water, the water evaporates from the paint film fairly rapidly, leaving behind a traditional film of oil that dries by means of oxidation. The different drying rates of wOil colors are due to the different reaction of each pigment when mixed with oil. wOil colors should dry between 3 and 5 days which is slightly faster than traditional oil colors.

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The wOil range has been formulated using many single pigments for brilliance of color and clean color mixing.

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Weber wOils Water Mixable wOIl Colors

Weber Water-Mixable wOil Colors is rated 4.625 out of 5 by 8.

Rated 5 out of 5 by Drupaints from Love 'Em!So far I'm delighted with the color and viscosity of this product. I've been using these oils plein air in the Arizona heat and they maintain their buttery consistency. Easy clean up with water is a real plus out in the desert.

Date published: 2012-03-26

Rated 5 out of 5 by from Best in Class!W Oil is fantastic. If you did not know that it was a water soluable oil paint you could not tell the difference between it and a standard oil paint as far as paintability. There is a very minimal paint smell with the paint and because you can thin the paint with water or the modified linseed oil there is no harsh thinner odor. The quick dry medium does have a typical odor to it, but it is an option and not a required product. I love this paint!

Date published: 2012-01-23

Rated 5 out of 5 by from These are Great!I'm so allergic to regular oils, so I was so excited to try these water miscible oils. I love them! They're not only easy to paint with, they are really easy to clean up.

Date published: 2011-09-23

Rated 5 out of 5 by from Mix with acrylics and WatercolorI was glad to see the confirmation that the product can be mixed with watercolor or acrylics. In a recent workshop I did the underpaining with acrylics. The white acrylic was still on my pallet when I squezzed out the oils and I inadvertently mixed it with the oils > I was worried about the archival properties. Also I was worried about a friend who mixed them with gouache.

Date published: 2011-04-20

Rated 5 out of 5 by Sue the dachshund lover from great consistencySmooth, very close to oil paints you can get

Date published: 2010-05-18

Rated 4 out of 5 by from Love these paints....but...I really like this paint. It has a luscious, buttery consistency that's a perfect fit for my style of painting. And, the price is so reasonable as to seem almost ridiculous. But, unfortunately, there's a problem. Those of us who prefer using "genuine" pigments as opposed to the counterfeit "hues" are in a constant state of turmoil because these pigments are simply not offered by wOil. This unhappy situation has forced us to wander the internet like homeless waifs in search of real cadmium, cobalt and cerulean paint that possesses the same wOil qualities we've come to know and love. Hopefully, the Martin/F. Weber Co. will act quickly, decisively and mercifully to end our suffering. So, we're waiting. All of us. Patiently.... waiting.

Date published: 2013-07-28

Rated 4 out of 5 by from Among the Better Water-Based OilsLike these for plein air painting.

Date published: 2012-09-12

Rated 4 out of 5 by from No toxic poisonsI was able to capture small details very easily and was thrilled not to have to clean up with turps.